Joshua 21:41

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel `are' forty and eight cities, and their suburbs.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 49:7 : 7 Cursed `is' their anger, for `it is' fierce, And their wrath, for `it is' sharp; I divide them in Jacob, And I scatter them in Israel.
  • Num 35:1-8 : 1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, `near' Jericho, saying, 2 `Command the sons of Israel, and they have given to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to inhabit; also a suburb for the cities round about them ye do give to the Levites. 3 And the cities have been to them to inhabit, and their suburbs are for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts. 4 `And the suburbs of the cities which ye give to the Levites `are', from the wall of the city and without, a thousand cubits round about. 5 And ye have measured from the outside of the city, the east quarter, two thousand by the cubit, and the south quarter, two thousand by the cubit, and the west quarter, two thousand by the cubit, and the north quarter, two thousand by the cubit; and the city `is' in the midst; this is to them the suburbs of the cities. 6 `And the cities which ye give to the Levites `are' the six cities of refuge, which ye give for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, and besides them ye give forty and two cities; 7 all the cities which ye give to the Levites `are' forty and eight cities, them and their suburbs. 8 And the cities which ye give `are' of the possession of the sons of Israel, from the many ye multiply, and from the few ye diminish; each, according to his inheritance which they inherit, doth give of his cities to the Levites.'
  • Deut 33:10 : 10 They teach Thy judgments to Jacob, And Thy law to Israel; They put perfume in Thy nose, And whole burnt-offering on Thine altar.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 21:42
    89%

    42These cities are each city and its suburbs round about it; so to all these cities.

  • Num 35:6-8
    3 verses
    88%

    6`And the cities which ye give to the Levites `are' the six cities of refuge, which ye give for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, and besides them ye give forty and two cities;

    7all the cities which ye give to the Levites `are' forty and eight cities, them and their suburbs.

    8And the cities which ye give `are' of the possession of the sons of Israel, from the many ye multiply, and from the few ye diminish; each, according to his inheritance which they inherit, doth give of his cities to the Levites.'

  • Josh 21:39-40
    2 verses
    84%

    39Heshbon and its suburbs, Jazer and its suburbs -- `in' all four cities.

    40All the cities for the sons of Merari, for their families, who are left of the families of the Levites -- their lot is twelve cities.

  • Josh 21:18-20
    3 verses
    77%

    18Anathoth and its suburbs, and Almon and its suburbs -- four cities;

    19all the cities of the sons of Aaron the priests, `are' thirteen cities and their suburbs.

    20And for the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, who are left of the sons of Kohath, even the cities of their lot are of the tribe of Ephraim;

  • Josh 21:24-26
    3 verses
    77%

    24Aijalon and its suburbs, Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs -- four cities.

    25And out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its suburbs, and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs -- two cities;

    26all the cities `are' ten and their suburbs, for the families of the sons of Kohath who are left.

  • 1 Chr 6:64-65
    2 verses
    76%

    64And the sons of Israel give to the Levites the cities and their suburbs.

    65And they give by lot from the tribe of the sons of Judah, and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and from the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities which they call by name;

  • Josh 21:2-9
    8 verses
    76%

    2and they speak unto them in Shiloh, in the land of Canaan, saying, `Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses to give to us cities to dwell in, and their suburbs for our cattle.'

    3And the sons of Israel give to the Levites, out of their inheritance, at the command of Jehovah, these cities and their suburbs:

    4And the lot goeth out for the families of the Kohathite, and there are for the sons of Aaron the priest (of the Levites), out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, by lot thirteen cities,

    5and for the sons of Kohath who are left, out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, by lot ten cities:

    6And for the sons of Gershon `are', out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, by lot, thirteen cities.

    7For the sons of Merari, for their families, `are', out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

    8And the sons of Israel give to the Levites these cities and their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses, by lot.

    9And they give out of the tribe of the sons of Judah, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, these cities which are called by name;

  • Josh 21:31-37
    7 verses
    74%

    31Helkath and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs -- four cities.

    32And out of the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge `for' the man-slayer, Kedesh in Galilee and its suburbs, and Hammoth-Dor and its suburbs, and Kartan and its suburbs -- three cities;

    33all the cities of the Gershonite, for their families, `are' thirteen cities and their suburbs.

    34And for the families of the sons of Merari, the Levites, who are left, `are,' out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and its suburbs, Kartah and its suburbs,

    35Dimnah and its suburbs, Nahalal and its suburbs -- four cities.

    36And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its suburbs, and Jahazah and its suburbs,

    37Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs -- four cities.

  • Josh 21:22
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    22and Kibzaim and its suburbs, and Beth-Horon and its suburbs -- four cities.

  • Num 35:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2`Command the sons of Israel, and they have given to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to inhabit; also a suburb for the cities round about them ye do give to the Levites.

    3And the cities have been to them to inhabit, and their suburbs are for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

  • Josh 21:16
    70%

    16and Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, Beth-Shemesh and its suburbs; nine cities out of these two tribes.

  • Josh 15:32
    70%

    32and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon; all the cities `are' twenty and nine, and their villages.

  • Josh 21:29
    70%

    29Jarmuth and its suburbs, En-Gannim and its suburbs -- four cities.

  • Ezek 47:21
    70%

    21`And ye have divided this land to you, according to the tribes of Israel;

  • Josh 15:41
    70%

    41and Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities and their villages.

  • Josh 14:4
    70%

    4for the sons of Joseph hath been two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim, and they have not given a portion to the Levites in the land, except cities to dwell in, and their suburbs for their cattle, and for their possessions;

  • Josh 19:38-39
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    70%

    38and Iron, and Migdal-El, Horem, and Beth-Anath, and Beth-Shemesh; nineteen cities and their villages.

    39This `is' the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, for their families, the cities and their villages.

  • Josh 19:23
    69%

    23This `is' the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, for their families, the cities and their villages.

  • Josh 19:48
    69%

    48This `is' the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Dan, for their families, these cities and their villages.

  • Neh 11:18
    69%

    18All the Levites, in the holy city, `are' two hundred eighty and four.

  • Ezek 48:31
    68%

    31And the gates of the city `are' according to the names of the tribes of Israel; three gates northward: the gate of Reuben one, the gate of Judah one, the gate of Levi one.

  • Josh 19:31
    68%

    31This `is' the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Asher, for their families, these cities and their villages.

  • Neh 11:20
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    20And the rest of Israel, of the priests, of the Levites, `are' in all cities of Judah, each in his inheritance;

  • Josh 19:16
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    16This `is' the inheritance of the sons of Zebulun, for their families, these cities and their villages.

  • Num 4:46
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    46All those numbered, whom Moses numbered -- Aaron also, and the princes of Israel -- of the Levites, by their families, and by the house of their fathers,

  • Josh 19:6
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    6and Beth-Lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages.

  • Ezek 48:22
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    22And from the possession of the Levites, from the possession of the city, in the midst of that which is to the prince, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, there is to the prince.